Eric H. Zagrans

National Mock Trial Champion, 1976. Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Washington, D.C., 2004-2006. Associate General Counsel, Ernst & Young, 1988-1992. Partner, 1987-1988 and Of Counsel, 1981-1985, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland. Assistant Professor of Law, 1980-1985 and Lecturer in Law, 1985-1986, 1991-1992, Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Lecturer in Law, Cleveland State University-Marshall College of Law, 1978-1980, 1990-1999. Law Director, City of North Ridgeville, Ohio, 1999-2004. Law Clerk to Hon. Roszel C. Thomsen, Senior District Judge, U.S District Court, District of Maryland and Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, 1977-1978. Author: "Under Color of What Law: A Reconstructed Model of Section 1983 Liability," 71 Virginia Law Review 499-598 (May 1985); "Successfully Defending the White-Collar Client," Best Practices for White Collar Litigation (Inside the Minds Series) (Aspatore Books 2006); "Civil Rights Actions Against State and Local Governments, Agencies and Officials," Cleveland Bar Association (1985). Co-author: Koykka's Ohio Appellate Practice. Anderson Publishing Co. (2nd ed. 1988); "Federal Civil Rights Liability of Local Governments and Their Employees Under Section 1983," Ohio Municipal Law, Chap 41A, Gotherman and Babbit, ed. 1986; "Liability of Council Members Under 42 U S C. 1983," The Practical Lawyer 83-88 (Mar. 1987). Contributor: Antitrust Consent Decree Manual, American Bar Association (1980).